Narrative
Walliser Sagen
Not translated into English
Johannes Jegerlehner · 1922
Synopsis
A selection of legends from the Valais, collected, then chosen and presented by Johannes Jegerlehner. Among the tales in the volume: the road to paradise, the dragon of Jeizinen, the little goatherd of the Illgraben, the dance of the dead, the dwarf Türliwirli, and the “Gratzug”, the procession that passes over the ridges.
Context
The volume appeared in 1922 from Haessel, in Leipzig, the tenth in the series that Harry Mayne devoted to Switzerland in German intellectual life. Jegerlehner selects and presents legends of the Valais in it, having published in 1909 two collections of legends of the Upper and Lower Valais, and as early as 1907 tales of shepherds. His books on the mountains were successful as far as Germany.
Who it is for
Legends in German, presented by the man who had collected them; the BnF knows of no French translation of the volume.
Prizes and reception
The volume has been reprinted in facsimile by Forgotten Books, in 2018 and again in 2024.
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